#23A989#23A989

#23A989 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.120 H 171.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23A989
RGB	rgb(35, 169, 137)
HSL	hsl(166, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(166, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.3%, 0%, 18.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.11, -42.34, 6.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.11, 42.87, 171.02°)
OKLab	oklab(65.84% -0.1187 0.017)
OKLCH	oklch(65.84% 0.12 171.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.3940, 30.5370, 28.5341)
Luminance	0.3054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23A989 #A92343

analogous

#23A946 #23A989 #2386A9

triadic

#23A989 #8923A9 #A98923

tetradic

#23A989 #4623A9 #A92343 #86A923

square

#23A989 #4623A9 #A92343 #86A923

split-complementary

#23A989 #A92386 #A94623

monochromatic

#0E4437 #197660 #23A989 #34D5AF #67DFC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#23A989 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#23A989 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #23A989

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23A989	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23A989	1.00	2.95	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49D87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93918B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23a989;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 169, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.120 171.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75c3ab',
    500: '#23a989',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23a989;
$custom-light: #75c3ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23a989",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.672,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65836,
    "c": 0.11991,
    "h": 171.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23A989

secondary

#C5637A

accent

#3F68E9

background

#F7FCFA

surface

#EEF8F4

border

#C9D1CE

text

#0A1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #23A989

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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